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US-China tensions

US asks courts to dismiss government appeals of TikTok ruling

Move follows Biden's withdrawal of Trump executive orders to ban Chinese apps

The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that the government's legal challenges were now moot.   © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Biden administration on Monday asked two federal appeals courts to dismiss the Justice Department's legal challenges to court rulings that barred a Trump-era effort to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.

Last month, President Joe Biden withdrew a series of executive orders issued by former President Donald Trump that sought to ban new downloads of WeChat, TikTok and other Chinese apps and ordered a new review.

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